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NYILINE

REDUCED THROUGH TICKETS TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. VARYING FROM £83 TO £120 ON SALE

SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu,

LONDON, MARSEILLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM via

Saturday, 14th June at 8 a.m Saturday, 28th June, at 7 am

TATSUTA MARU

ASAMA MARU

Thursday, 10th June. Thursday, 3rd July.

SEATTLE, VICTORIA vía Shanghai & Japan Ports.

MISHIMA MARU

SIBERIA MARU

Friday, Saturday,

20th June. 5th July,

Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Suez. FUSHIMI MARU HAKOZAKI MARU

TANGO MARU

†TOTTORI MARU

Mexico & Panama

BOKUYO MARU

KAMAKURA MARU

SELLING OLD SHIPS.

THE CHINA

MAIL.

SHIPPING

SECTION:

Divergent Opinions of Owners.

EPIC ADVENTURE OF tention of allowing ourselves to be ping, officially representing Bri-

EMDEN CREW.

4,500 MILES ACROSS INDIAN OCEAN IN LEAKING SCHOONER.

thus escorted.”

"A MAD CONCEPTION."

Whilst the Chamber of Ship-

tish shipowners, is against the Challenge Ignored.

establishment of any rules for The destroyer was accordingly compelling the breaking-up of challenged, and made off, without old ships instead of selling them replying to the signalled ques to foreigners who may Min {tion, "Why are you following me? them in competition with new While trying to thread their, and expensive British vessels- A great adventure of the war, way through the submerged reefs there is a growing feeling hitherto unknown, is told in approaching Padang, the crew amongst individual owners that Ayesha by Lieut. H. Von Mucke. were lucky to pick up a Malay some practical scheme could be formerly of the German cruiser boat which offered to supply a evolved by the Liverpool Steam. pirate Emden, says the Star. pilot. Lieut. Mucke then found ship Owners' Association and the It is the story of how 49 mem-that he had exactly 1s. 2d. with Chamber of Shipping to prevent hers of the Emden's crew, which to reward the pilot, and had selling abroad. marooned on Direction Island by to promise payment through the "Why should we go on choking the destruction of their ship. German Consul.

the market by building new ships SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via. Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles. escaped in a small boat, sailed The Ayesha not only entered in Britain when there are 4% more than 4,500 miles across the Padang and reconditioned, but million tons of shipping laid up?” Indian Ocean, made their way up succeeded in getting out again. usked one shipowner. SOUTH AMERICA (East Const) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports. the Arabian coast of the Red Sea, "I hope you and I will not have n Another shipowner in a big fight when I run out," he told the group of companies remarked, "1 commander of the Lynx, who had believe there is a general feeling picked him up again in port. amongst owners that the habit of On leaving Padang, the Ayesha selling old ships to foreigners drifted about outside port in should be stopped. Surely the rough weather for three weeks, shipping organisations could be and fell in, with the 1,700 ton prevailed upon to produce a pool- Lloyd steamer Choising.

ing plan to enable owners to

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

Tuesday,

BOMBAY via Singapbre, Penang, & Colombo.

NEW YORK, BOSTON via Panama.

†TATSUNO MARU

Friday,

Friday,

24th June.

27th June.

29th June..

Tuesday,

1st July.

Wednesday,

25th June.

LIVERPOOL via Port Said. Stamboul (Constantinople). Genoa.

+ DURBAN MARU

Sunday,

20th July.

CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,

† MALACCA MARU

Sunday,

16th June.

+TOKUSHIMA MARU

Sunday,

20th June

SHANGHAL, KOBE & YOKOHAMA..

BINGO ALARU (Moji direct)

Arilay,

AKI MARU (Nugasaki direct)

HARUNA MANU

Wednesday, Monday.

16th June. 18th June. 23rd June.

+ Cargo only.

For further information apply to:-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

(Private exelinge to all departments.!

Telephone 30291.

0. S. K.

SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.

GONDON, HASBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP-7 Singapore

Colombo, Suez and Port Said.

ALTAI MATU

Saturday, 12th July,

RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES-Via Saizun, Singapore,

Colombo, Durban & Cape Town.

and reached Constantinople with the loss of only seven men.

Lieut. Mucke and his men were put ashore at Direction Island to destroy the wireless and 'cable stations. On landing they were received by the superintendent with courageous irony.

When handing over his keys the Pritish official remarked: "And row, please accept my congratula- tions."

A Little Too Slow.

the raider red-handed.

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In this ship 'they went to the break up instead of selling. My Straits of Perim, sailing under an company is selling two old ships Italian flag made from green cur now, to be broken up in Britain, tain material and red and rather than sell to foreigners. "Congratulations! Well, what white bunting: crept undetected "I know cases where owners in for?" the lieutenant asked, with through the narrow Struits of Scandinavia, Italy and Greece some surprise.

Babel Mandeb in the glare of the have bought old vessels in *The Iron Cross has been con-Perim Light, and landed on the Britain and are now running ferred on you. We learnt it from Arabian coast.

them very cheaply, with very the Reuter telegram that we have "The only book that we had small capital, charges, in com- just sent on:"

from which to learn something petition with our companys." regarding Arabian ways and cus- He said that some scheme of The Germans did their work round the world' guide book that, tonnage had already been tried toms," writes the author, "was a compensation for breaking up old quickly, but they were a little too would have answered the purpose out with success on the Continent. slow. The operators had time to of a sight-seeing, couple on their, and the same thing might be ap send out the message: "S. O. S. honeymoon very well."

plied here. Emden here," and H.M.S. Sydney: which was only five miles away-north through the

Undaunted, the party marched "The situation needs careful in- Arabian de-vestigation," he added. "As it Jushed to the spot in time to catch sert, hugging the coast and some is, the fact that 4% million tons times, when British spies made of British shipping are lying idle Rushing out to give battle, the things too hot for them, taking gives a great temptation to Bri- Emden left Lieut. Mucke and his to small native boats. Illness be-tish owners to get rid of some of men marooned. Seeing their ship gan to take toll, and one of the this tonnage to any purchaser." on fire many miles away. they small boats struck a reef and Refrigeration Trade. seized the Ayesha, a 97-ton foundered in shark-infested "In the refrigeration trade this DURBAN, LOUBENCO MARQUES, BEIRA, DAR-ES-SALAAM. ZANŻI [schooner long out of commission, waters.

BAR A MOMBASA—Via Singapore & Colombo.

foreign competition is daily grow- Still the little band struggled ing more serious. them go on with such good spirit that meat are curried now by with three hearty cheers for their when they were attacked by 300 rivals in old cheap ships that can la the third largest river in the Chin- pluck. "The Ayesha cut a pretty Bedouins in British pay they were give lower freights than the Bri-ese Republic and second only to the VICTORIA, SEATTLE. TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japan Ports from Sorry figure," writes her comman, able to withstand the attack for tish vessels on the same service Yangtze in importance. This magni- der. "Many of her timbers were three days until the Emir of The modern British refrigeration ficent trade route was opened to for- rotten. She leaked, and her Mecca sent relief. Finally, weak ships are very expensive. Iteign traffic in 1807, but how many pumps would not work until they and half-naked, they arrived at must be recalled that an insulated foreigners travel on this important had been taken to pieces and reEl Ala and entrained for Con- ship costs 33 per cent, more to waterway? The scenery along the For information apply to paired. But in this boat the crewstantinople, picking up an Tron build to-day than one that is not route is beautiful. We recommend it battled their way across 700 milles Cross or two at Aleppo.

If we do not to any person who wishes to spend a break up our old ships then the short and economical holiday. only other hope is that no new vessels may be built for the next, few years!

RIO DE JANEIRO · MARU MONTEVIDEO “MARU

605BAY—Via Singapore & Culombo

SUMATRA MARU.

CALCUTTA—Via Singapore, Penang & Kangoon,

PANAMA ALAKU

TACOMA MARU MADRAS MARU

Friday, 13th June..

Friday, 18th July.

Thursday, 19 June.

Sfonday. 7th July,

Wednesday, 18th June. Wednesday, 2nd July,

Shanghai.

AFRICA MARU

Friday, 1st July,

MELBOURNE Via Manila, Brisbane & Sydney.

DRISBANE MARU

Sunday, 6th July,

Sunday, 29th June.

TAIPHONG-Via Boilow & Pakbol

NEW YORK--Via Japan ports & Panama,

KINAI MARU

JAPAN PORTS.

BORNEO MARU

KEELUNG-Vis Swatow & Amoy.

HOZAN MARU

TAKAO Via Swatow & Amoy.

TAKAO & KDELING.

SOURABAYA MARU

Friday, 13th June.

Sunday, 15th June, 3 p.m.

Friday, 11th July.

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and set sail for home. The Britons saw

of ocean. to Padang, in Sumatra in the face of tropical rain, high | gales, and thunderstorms.”

The 49 men, crammed in a ship intended to be manned by six. had to sleep in the hold packed | like sprats and to eat their scanty meals in cabins swarming with. huge cockroaches.

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SEA TRAGEDY.

Death Roll Nearly Fifty.

Boston, Yesterday.

"There should be an absolute guarantee that all the old ships for an old ship as a shipbreaker will be broken up. Unless some-would be ready to pay, it would thing of this sort is done soon, not finally be to the disadvantage London, April 24.. The next round in the Battle our shipping depression will con-of shipowning generally if the Yet the spirit of these men was of the Atlantic is approaching. tinue, and increase."

foreign offer had the preference. such that

approaching At the moment honours rest with

It is a mad conception to regard Sumatra the ship was "cleared for Germany. With the Bremen and - A declaration from quite an op-it as at all likely to destroy action," in the expectation that the Europa she has wrested fron: posite standpoint was made by foreign competition by withhold- they would be challenged by a Britain the blue ríband so long Sir John Latta, Bart, (chairman ing these old ships.

If they

The death roll in the collision British or Japanese torpedo-boat reld by the Mauretania. On of the Nitrate Producer's Steam-could not procure such tonnage, destroyer.

March 25 last the Europa estab-rhip Co., Ltd.), who, in the which in my judgment compèls between the oil tanker Pinthis and The Ayesha was armed with lished her supremacy on her course of expressing a general them to expend their energy on the passenger steamer four machine-guns which had maiden voyage by arriving at view, declared:-"In a word, very inefficient tools, they would not yet, doflultely established, but been taken ashore at Direction New York from Cherbourg in the however, I am altogther averae simply acquire new tonnage, and it is believed to number 48. Island in case the landing party record-breaking time of four days to any suggestion of owners com-make infinitely more rapid pro-, feared all were incinerated in the ahould meet with resistance. 71 hours 6 minutes."

bining to purchase old tonnage gress with much more success to flaming oll spreading These had been mounted to the In June, however, there is to be with a view to its destruction. themselves, and very much more and enveloping the Fairfax, from best advantage, and the German launched on Clydeside, by the In fact I think I might go so far within their competence to do which seven passengers and eleven commander drew up plans for Prince of Wales, the Empress of jus to say that if a foreigner could to our disadvantage than it is of the crew jumped overboard- hoarding the first British destroy-Britain, a liner of more than be found to pay the same price with worn-out ships,”

er he should meet. By this time 40,000 tons, built to the order of

the men had been reduced to Canadian Pacific Steamships, smoking tea-leaves.

Limited.

When he was acrutinised ano "We really do not know what followed for several days by the speed she will be capable of," said Lynx, a Dutch destroyer, the an official of the, steamship com- commander of this rickety little pany yesterday, "but we have vessel, which could not exceed one hopes that it will equal that of knot in a light wind, writes: "As the record-breakers." we were a warship, we had no in-

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All the countries concerned in the struggle for Atlantic supre- macy are planning, still faster and still larger liners-except Ger many, which stands complacently by with the Europa and the Bremen. The real speed of these vessels has not yet been disclosed. They broke the record with 28 knots, but it is reported that under full pressure they can do at least 84 knots.

For Great Britain, the Cunard and White Star lines are planning ships of from 60,000 to 70,000 tona France, Holland, and the United States are doing the same; but Italy is going one better. Her shipbuilders are talking about 40-knot liners to do the voyage from Naples to New York in 4 days 9 hours

But shipping authorities are confident that this costly race for supremacy cannot continue much longer, and suggest that economic losses on the leylathang of the sen will compel owners to call an International conference Stinich. like the

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